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Topaze is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by D'Abbadie D'Arrast and starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy. [1] It was based on the 1928 French play of the same name by Marcel Pagnol.
Topaze: Directed by Marcel Pagnol. With Fernandel, Hélène Perdrière, Jacqueline Pagnol, Marcel Vallée. Albert Topaze, sincere schoolteacher addicted to "rote" morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose daughter, also a teacher, makes cynical use of the knowledge that Topaze loves her.
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- Comedy
- Marcel Pagnol
- 1951-02-02
Topaze is a 1928 play in four acts by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It tells the story of a modest school teacher who is fired for being too honest and decides to become a dishonest businessman. The play premiered on 9 October 1928 at the Théâtre des Variétés. [1]
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Topaze: Directed by Louis J. Gasnier. With Louis Jouvet, Paul Pauley, Simone Héliard, Marcel Vallée. A timid and naive schoolteacher who teaches his pupils honesty, is taken advantage of but when a crooked aristocrat involves him in a business scheme, he enjoys the dishonesty for a change.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Louis J. Gasnier
- 1935-02-15
“Topaze” Marcel Paul Pagnol (born Feb. 25, 1895, Aubagne, Fr.—died April 18, 1974, Paris) was a French writer and motion-picture producer-director who won both fame as the master of stage comedy and critical acclaim for his filmmaking. He was elected to the French Academy in 1946, the first filmmaker to be so honoured.
When the wealthy and corrupt Baron Philippe de La Tour-La Tour (Reginald Mason) and his mistress, Coco (Myrna Loy), take advantage of the professor's good nature in a fraudulent...
